The Relationship Between Emotional Literacy Levels and Communication Skills of Midwifery Students
Abstract
Objective: Emotional literacy is the ability of individuals to recognize, understand and respond to the feelings of their own and others’ in a healthy way. It is important that midwives are professionals who recognize and manage their feelings, cope effectively with their problems, and have meaningful relationships with their environment so that they can be able to recognize and be sensitive to the emotional needs of the individual they provide care. This research was conducted to determine the relationship between emotional literacy levels and communication skills of midwifery students.
Materials and Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 646 students who accepted to participate in the study and who were studying in the midwifery department of three universities in Sivas (40.7%), Malatya (29.3%) and Tokat (30.9%). The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Emotional Literacy Scale (ELS) and the Communication Skills Scale (CSS). Percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, one-way variance analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data.
Results: The average age of the students was 20.4±1.65. At the end of the research, it was found that the average ELS score of the students was 122.8±25.98 (moderate) and total CSS score was 102.7±13.09 (high level). There was a significant positive correlation (r=0.532; p=0.000) between the total scores of the ELS and the CSS.
Conclusion: Emotional literacy levels of students are moderate, their communication skills are high, and their communication skills increase as emotional literacy levels increase. The creation of programs to improve the emotional literacy of midwife candidates is important to educate midwives who can recognize and manage their own and others' feelings, who can emphatize and have strong communicational skills in the future.
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Publication Date
March 26, 2018
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January 23, 2018
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March 5, 2018
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Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 1